J.C. Connaway passed away in West Palm Beach, Florida. Memorial services will be held on Thursday, June 15, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. in the Chapel of Rollins Funeral Home.
Rollins Funeral Home of Eastman is in charge of arrangements.

Dear editor,
Rhine Drug Company’s response to the U.S. Government’s recent announcement.
Today, June 6th, the U.S. Government announced the settlement of a civil matter involving Rhine Drug Company. It all began in 2015. Rhine Drug Company has admitted no fault as part of the settlement.
In the wake of the settlement, Rhine Drug Company owner and pharmacist, Carter Clements, issued the following statement:
“Rhine Drug Company has proudly served middle and south-central Georgia since 1906, when my great-great-great-uncle first opened for business. Over those 111 years, and through four generations of pharmacists, we have worked hard every day to earn and keep the trust of each of our customers, who depend on us to be there for them and their families. Though we do not believe that we have done anything wrong and therefore did not accept any fault in the settlement, this matter has been stressful and costly. Now that the matter is closed, we can now return our attention to what matters most: seeing to the best health and livelihoods of our patients and their families. We also look forward to continuing our quest to be the best. A truly excellent ultra-rural pharmacy with a staff striving to show our patients, and even the government, what amazing innovative potential we have.”
“Blessedly, the matter has not affected, and the settlement will not affect, any aspect of the pharmacy, including our staff, services or hours. We are grateful to our patient community for allowing us to care for your families, friends and neighbors for over a century, and we look forward to continuing working hard every day for many years to come.”
For further information, contact:
Carter Clements
Rhine Drug Company
RhineDrugCompany@yahoo.com
229-385-5351

We need a flatter, fairer, simpler tax code but we never seem to get it, even as a filing option to the present complicated mess. Steve Forbes had a postcard size option. Your choice, file taxes under either plan. Despite all the talk, the political class will scare the public into opposing tax reform, as it did in the late 1990s. The Republican establishment stupidly trashed the Forbes plan. Hysteria is a major weapon of the Left, and sometimes of the entrenched Republican “moderates.” They’re just glad to be there.
I admit Obama’s immigration plan was wildly popular – in Latin America.
From VDARE.com 1-8-16: “Male life expectancy down in Mexico because of violence – obviously we should import it here.”
It’s amazing how many prominent people, athletes, actors, judges, etc., went to high school at New York’s Archbishop Molloy. To name a few, actor Vincent Piazza, basketball stars Sundiata Gaines (University of Georgia and NBA), Kenny Smith (UNC and NBA), Kevin Joyce (USC - that is, University of South Carolina).
“When it comes to Tim Tebow, admire the man, not the game. Tiger Woods? Just the opposite.”
Rick Reilly book Tiger, Meet My Sister p.314
I’ve always thought Rick Reilly was a very good sportswriter, no longer writing in Sports Illustrated.
A neat story to check out from the early 1980s: just search Ron Paul’s lime green 1979 Chevette angers limousine liberal Tip O’Neill. Tip rode in a chauffeur-driven Lincoln gas guzzler paid for by taxpayers, while he called for gasoline rationing for the masses. Ron paid for his own fuel in his gas sipping economy car he paid for himself. Ron parked next to Tip and took a picture. It was a funny story – you could say Ron Paul 1, Tip O’Neill 0. Tip hated Ron – good for Ron.[Full Story »]

By Taelor Rye
At its regular meeting on June 12, 2017, the Eastman City Council voted to approve the terms of a formal lease agreement for the piece of property at 5110 2nd Avenue, a building currently used as a karate instructional facility, for rent at $250.00 each month.

A previous word-of-mouth agreement saw the person running the studio making renovations to the property on his own in addition to paying a $250.00-per-month rent.

Given the unique situation of this agreement and the history of the building, city council member Buddy Pittman asked, “Will his future improvements go into the lease, or do we do improvements now?”

City attorney Rita Llop responded that the lease agreement is to rent the building as it is now and that any future repairs will be at the expense of the renter. Additionally, any alterations have to receive approval from the council.

The decision to keep rent at $250.00 a month began from the recommendation of city council chairman Raymond Mullis, who said that the renter has put and continues to put so much work in the place to steadily improve it.

The one-year rent is to begin on July 1 and end on June 30, 2018, if the renter agrees to the terms.

Chuck Eckles visited the council to call attention to the fact that the city is currently paying to do maintenance work in Eastman Cemetery, a privately owned cemetery within the city limits.

Eckles began his conversation with council members by requesting that they send a maintenance crew to his own house, stating that his tax dollars should go to have the city maintain his own property if the city is going to maintain another piece of private property.

City manager Jason Cobb responded by stating that the city’s policy is typically not to cut the grass of private residences. Cobb and Llop then stated that the city was performing a thorough historical look into the transfer of ownership of the property since the 1800s, and Eckles provided the council with information concerning the current deeds retrieved from the county’s office of tax assessors.[Full Story »]

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NO­TICE OF SEI­ZURE OF
PER­SON­AL PROP­ER­TY VALUED AT LESS THAN $25,000.00
Pur­su­ant to O.C.G.A. § 9-16-1, Et Seq, any par­ty claim­ing an in­ter­est in the fol­low­ing prop­er­ty is here­by no­ti­fied that on Janu­ary 26, 2017, said prop­er­ty was seized by the un­der­signed agen­cy in Dodge Coun­ty, Geor­gia:
SEV­EN HUNDRED TWO
DOL­LARS AND SIX­TY CENTS ($702.60) IN UNIT­ED STATES CUR­REN­CY
You are fur­ther no­ti­fied that you may file a claim with­in (30) days of the sec­ond pub­li­ca­tion of this no­tice of sei­zure by send­ing a claim com­ply­ing with the re­quire­ments of O.C.G.A. § 9-16-1, Et Seq, to the seiz­ing law en­force­ment agen­cy and to the dis­trict at­tor­ney by cer­ti­fied mail, re­turn re­ceipt re­quest­ed.
This 15th day of MAY, 2017.
CHRIS­TO­PHER C. GOR­DON
As­sis­tant Dis­trict At­tor­ney
Oco­nee Ju­di­cial Cir­cuit
P.O. Box 1027
5401 An­son Ave­nue, Room 200
East­man, GA 31023
Seiz­ing Agen­cy:
TONY RID­DLE
Oco­nee Drug Task Force
327 Pearl Bates Ave­nue
East­man, GA 31023

1006
CORPORATIONS/BUSINESS
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No­tice is given that Ar­ti­cles of In­cor­po­ra­tion that will be in­cor­po­rate UN­CLE MICK­EY’S INC. have been de­liv­ered to the Sec­re­tary of State for Fil­ing in ac­cor­dance with the Geor­gia Non-prof­it Cor­po­ra­tion code. The ini­tial reg­is­tered of­fice of the cor­po­ra­tion is lo­cat­ed at 1245 OLD DODGE HIGH ROAD and its ini­tial reg­is­tered agent at such ad­dress is EVON WALK­ER.

1010
FAMILY, CHILDREN, YOUTH
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IN THE JU­VE­NILE COURT OF DODGE COUN­TY
STATE OF GEOR­GIA
PE­TI­TION # 045-15J-3038
IN THE MAT­TER OF
A. N. C.
Sex F, Age: 3
DOB: 04/29/2014
K. A. L. C.
Sex: M, Age: 1
DOB: 06/05/2015
MINOR CHILD­REN UN­DER AGE 18
PE­TI­TION TO TER­MI­NATE
PAR­EN­TAL RIGHTS AND PLACE CUS­TO­DY WITH THE GEOR­GIA DE­PART­MENT OF HU­MAN
RE­SOURC­ES, ACT­ING THROUGH THE DODGE
COUN­TY DE­PART­MENT OF FAM­I­LY AND CHILD­REN
SERV­IC­ES
AMEND­ED SUM­MONS AND PRO­CESS
FOR PE­TI­TION TO TER­MI­NATE PAR­EN­TAL RIGHTS
TO: CAM­ER­ON EAST­LAND and ANY UN­KNOWN UN­NAMED PU­TA­TIVE FA­THERS, and ANY OTH­ER UN­KNOWN OTH­ERS CLAIM­ING AN IN­TER­EST IN THE MINOR CHILD­REN NAMED ABOVE.
By Or­der for Serv­ice by Pub­li­ca­tion dat­ed March 21, 2017, you are re­quired to ap­pear be­fore the Ju­ve­nile Court of Dodge Coun­ty, Geor­gia to an­swer the al­le­ga­tions of a Pe­ti­tion to Ter­mi­nate Par­en­tal Rights filed on March 6, 2017, by the Dodge Coun­ty De­part­ment of Fam­i­ly and Child­ren Serv­ic­es. You may ob­tain a free copy of the pe­ti­tion di­rect­ly or by mail from the clerk of said court. The gen­er­al na­ture of the al­le­ga­tions are that the child is a de­pend­ent child and the de­pend­ent state is like­ly to con­tin­ue and cause seri­ous phys­i­cal, men­tal, emo­tion­al, or mor­al harm to the child un­less the rights of the par­ents are ter­mi­nat­ed. THE COURT HEAR­ING OF YOUR CASE HAS BEEN SCHED­ULED FOR AU­GUST 17, 2017, AT 10:00 A.M., AT THE PU­LAS­KI COUN­TY COURT­HOUSE IN HAW­KINS­VILLE, GEOR­GIA.
The court at tri­al can ent­er a judg­ment end­ing your rights to the child if you fail to ap­pear and show cause why your par­en­tal rights should not be ter­mi­nat­ed. A bio­log­i­cal fa­ther may lose all rights to the child and not be en­ti­tled to ob­ject to the ter­mi­na­tion of his rights un­less, with­in 30 days of re­ceipt of this no­tice, he files: (1) a pe­ti­tion to le­git­i­mate the child; and (2) a no­tice of the fil­ing of the pe­ti­tion to le­git­i­mate with the Ju­ve­nile Court of Dodge Coun­ty, Geor­gia.
A par­ty has the right to an at­tor­ney in this pro­ceed­ing. If you are un­able to hire an at­tor­ney, the Court will ap­point one for you if you are an in­di­gent per­son.
If you have any ques­tions con­cern­ing this no­tice of sum­mons, con­tact the clerk’s of­fice at 478-374-2871.
WIT­NESS, the Hon­or­able SHER­RI MCDON­ALD, Judge Pro Tem of said court, this the 10th day of May, 2017.
RHETT WALK­ER
(Depu­ty) Clerk, Ju­ve­nile Court
Dodge Coun­ty, Geor­gia

1011
FORECLOSURES
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NO­TICE OF SALE
UN­DER POW­ER
GEOR­GIA, DODGE COUN­TY
THIS IS AN AT­TEMPT TO COL­LECT A DEBT. ANY IN­FOR­MA­TION OB­TAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PUR­POSE.
Un­der and by vir­tue of the Pow­er of Sale con­tained in a Se­cur­i­ty Deed given by CON­NIE BECK to NA­TION­SCRED­IT MAN­U­FAC­TURED HOUS­ING CORP., dat­ed No­vem­ber 23, 1998, record­ed in Deed Book 318, Page 67, Dodge Coun­ty, Geor­gia Records, as last trans­ferred to DI­TECH FI­NAN­CIAL LLC by as­sign­ment record­ed in Deed Book 837, Page 24, Dodge Coun­ty, Geor­gia Records, con­vey­ing the af­ter-de­scribed prop­er­ty to se­cure a Note in the origi­nal prin­ci­pal amount of EIGHTY THOU­SAND SEV­EN HUNDRED NINE­TY-ONE AND 52/100 DOL­LARS ($80,791.52), with in­ter­est there­on as set forth there­in, there will be sold at pub­lic out­cry to the high­est bid­der for cash be­fore the court­house door of Dodge Coun­ty, Geor­gia, or at such place as may be law­ful­ly des­ig­nat­ed as an al­ter­na­tive, with­in the le­gal hours of sale on the first Wed­nes­day in July, 2017, the fol­low­ing de­scribed prop­er­ty:
SEE EX­HIB­IT “A” AT­TACHED HERE­TO AND MADE A PART HERE­OF
The debt se­cured by said Se­cur­i­ty Deed has been and is here­by de­clared due be­cause of, among oth­er pos­si­ble ev­ents of de­fault, fai­lure to pay the in­debt­ed­ness as and when due and in the man­ner pro­vid­ed in the Note and Se­cur­i­ty Deed. The debt re­main­ing in de­fault, this sale will be made for the pur­pose of pay­ing the same and all ex­pens­es of this sale, as pro­vid­ed in Se­cur­i­ty Deed and by law, in­clud­ing at­tor­ney’s fees (no­tice of int­ent to col­lect at­tor­ney’s fees hav­ing been given). Said prop­er­ty will be sold sub­ject to any out­stand­ing ad valor­em tax­es (in­clud­ing tax­es which are a lien, but not yet due and pay­able), any mat­ters which might be dis­closed by an ac­cu­rate sur­vey and in­spec­tion of the prop­er­ty, any as­sess­ments, liens, en­cum­branc­es, zon­ing or­di­nanc­es, re­stric­tions, cov­en­ants, and mat­ters of record su­pe­ri­or to the Se­cur­i­ty Deed first set out above. DI­TECH FI­NAN­CIAL LLC is the hold­er of the Se­cur­i­ty Deed to the prop­er­ty in ac­cor­dance with OCGA § 44-14-162.2. The ent­i­ty that has full au­thor­i­ty to ne­go­tiate, amend, and mod­i­fy all terms of the mort­gage with the debtor is: DI­TECH FI­NAN­CIAL LLC, 7360 S. KYR­ENE RD., TEM­PE, AZ 85284 800-692-8469.
To the best knowl­edge and be­lief of the un­der­signed, the par­ty in pos­ses­sion of the prop­er­ty is CON­NIE BECK or a ten­ant or ten­ants and said prop­er­ty is more com­mon­ly known as 52 PE­CAN LN, EAST­MAN, GEOR­GIA 31023.
The sale will be con­duct­ed sub­ject (1) to con­fir­ma­tion that the sale is not pro­hibi­ted un­der the U.S. Bank­rupt­cy Code and (2) to fin­al con­fir­ma­tion and au­dit of the sta­tus of the loan with the hold­er of the se­cur­i­ty deed.
DI­TECH FI­NAN­CIAL LLC
as At­tor­ney in Fact for
CON­NIE BECK
MCCAL­LA RAYM­ER LEI­BERT PIERCE, LLC
1544 Old Ala­ba­ma Road
Ros­well, Geor­gia 30076
www.fore­clo­sur­e­ho­tline.net

EX­HIB­IT “A”
All that tract or par­cel of land ly­ing and be­ing in Land Lots 41 and 20, 20th Land Dis­trict, Dodge Coun­ty, Geor­gia, and con­tain­ing 2.71 acr­es, more or less, and be­ing more par­ticu­lar­ly de­scribed on a plat of sur­vey pre­pared by Bil­ly Flan­ders, Reg­is­tered Land Sur­veyor, dat­ed No­vem­ber 16, 1998, and record­ed in Plat Book 29, Page 213, Clerk’s Of­fice Dodge Su­pe­ri­or Court. Said plat is in­cor­po­rat­ed here­in and made a part here­of by ref­er­ence. The Gran­tor rep­re­sents, cov­en­ants, and agrees that the 1998, Bell­crest Homes Mo­bile Home, Pal­met­to II, Se­ri­al Number GBHML31577AB, lo­cat­ed on the land is to re­main on the land and has been per­ma­nent­ly af­fixed to the land de­scribed here­in, so as to be­come a part of the real prop­er­ty.
MR/ttg 7/5/17
Our file no. 544417 - FT2
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STATE OF GEOR­GIA
COUN­TY of DODGE
NO­TICE OF SALE
UN­DER POW­ER
By vir­tue of the pow­er of sale con­tained in that cer­tain Deed to Se­cure Debt from ANNA WHA­TLEY to MAC­ON MORT­GAGE dat­ed Oc­tob­er 21, 2002, filed for record No­vem­ber 1, 2002, and record­ed in Deed Book 422, Page 93, DODGE Coun­ty, Geor­gia Records, as last trans­ferred to ABN AMRO MORT­GAGE GROUP, INC. by as­sign­ment record­ed in Deed Book 422, Page 113, DODGE Coun­ty, Geor­gia Records. Said Deed to Se­cure Debt hav­ing been given to se­cure a Note dat­ed Oc­tob­er 21, 2002 in the origi­nal prin­ci­pal sum of FIF­TY THREE THOU­SAND SIX HUNDRED AND 0/100 DOL­LARS ($53,600.00), with in­ter­est from date at the rate stated in
said Note on the un­paid bal­ance un­til paid, there will be sold by the un­der­signed at pub­lic out­cry to the high­est bid­der for cash be­fore the Court­house door at DODGE Coun­ty, Geor­gia, or at such place as has or may be law­ful­ly des­ig­nat­ed as an al­ter­na­tive lo­ca­tion, with­in the le­gal hours of sale on the first Wed­nes­day in July, 2017, the fol­low­ing de­scribed prop­er­ty:
ALL THAT TRACT OR PAR­CEL OF LAND LY­ING AND BE­ING IN LAND LOT NO. 276 IN THE 16TH LAND DIS­TRICT OF DODGE COUN­TY, GEOR­GIA, CON­SIST­ING OF 2.01 ACR­ES, MORE OR LESS, AND BE­ING MORE PAR­TICU­LAR­LY DE­SCRIBED AS FOL­LOWS: TO ES­TAB­LISH THE POINT OF BE­GIN­NING, BE­GIN AT THE IN­TER­SEC­TION FORMED BY THE CEN­TER­LINE OF OLD EAST­MAN & DU­BLIN ROAD AND THE NORTH­WEST LOT LINE OF SAID LAND LOT; THENCE RUN ALONG SAID NORTH­WEST LAND LOT LINE A SOUTH­WEST­ER­LY DI­REC­TION A DIS­TANCE 527.76 FEET TO A FENCE POST; THENCE RUN ALONG A FENCE IN A SOUTH­EAST­ER­LY DI­REC­TION A DIS­TANCE OF 414.66 TO THE POINT OF BE­GIN­NING AND FROM SAID POINT OF BE­GIN­NING, THUS ES­TAB­LISHED, THENCE RUN SOUTH 06 DE­GREES 52 MINUTES 30 SEC­ONDS WEST A DIS­TANCE OF 418.86 FEET TO A POINT LO­CAT­ED ON THE NORTH­EAST RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF LAN­TIE DRIVE; THENCE RUN ALONG SAID RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF LAN­TIE DRIVE SOUTH 79 DE­GREES 05 MINUTES 40 SEC­ONDS EAST A DIS­TANCE OF 210 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE RUN NORTH 06 DE­GREES 52 MINUTES 30 SEC­ONDS EAST A DIS­TANCE OF 418.45 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE RUN NORTH 78 DE­GREES 58 MINUTES 55 SEC­ONDS WEST A DIS­TANCE OF 210.03 FEET BACK TO THE PLACE OR POINT OF BE­GIN­NING. AC­CORD­ING TO A PLAT OF SUR­VEY PRE­PARED BY JIM H. ROSS, DODGE COUN­TY SUR­VEYOR, DAT­ED 05/11/94, AND RECORD­ED IN THE OF­FICE OF THE CLERK OF DODGE SU­PE­RI­OR COURT IN PLAT BOOK 26, PAGE 185, SAID PLAT AND THE RECORD­ING THERE­OF BE­ING IN­COR­PO­RAT­ED HERE­IN AND MADE A PART HERE­OF BY REF­ER­ENCE FOR DE­SCRIP­TIVE AND ALL OTH­ER LE­GAL PUR­POS­ES.
To the best of the knowl­edge and be­lief of the un­der­signed, the par­ty in pos­ses­sion of the prop­er­ty is ANNA WHA­TLEY or a ten­ant or ten­ants. Said prop­er­ty may more com­mon­ly be known as: 34 LAN­TIE DRIVE, EAST­MAN, GA 31023.
The debt se­cured by said Deed to Se­cure Debt has been and is here­by de­clared due be­cause of, among oth­er pos­si­ble ev­ents of de­fault, non-pay­ment of the month­ly in­stall­ments on said loan. The debt re­main­ing in de­fault, this sale will be made for the pur­pose of pay­ing the same and all ex­pens­es of this sale, in­clud­ing at­tor­ney’s fees (no­tice of int­ent to col­lect at­tor­ney’s fees hav­ing been given).
The in­di­vid­u­al or ent­i­ty that has full au­thor­i­ty to ne­go­tiate, amend, and mod­i­fy all terms of the loan is CIT­I­MORT­GAGE, INC., 1000 TECH­NOL­O­GY DRIVE, O’FAL­LON, MO 63368-2239; (866) 272-4749.
Said prop­er­ty will be sold sub­ject to any out­stand­ing ad valor­em tax­es (in­clud­ing tax­es which are a lien, wheth­er or not now due and pay­able), the right of re­demp­tion of any tax­ing au­thor­i­ty, any mat­ters which might be dis­closed by an ac­cu­rate sur­vey and in­spec­tion of the prop­er­ty, any as­sess­ments, liens, en­cum­branc­es, zon­ing or­di­nanc­es, re­stric­tions, cov­en­ants, and mat­ters of record su­pe­ri­or to the Se­cur­i­ty Deed first set out above.
The sale will be con­duct­ed sub­ject (1) to con­fir­ma­tion that the sale is not pro­hibi­ted un­der the U.S. Bank­rupt­cy Code and (2) to fin­al con­fir­ma­tion and au­dit of the sta­tus of the loan with the hold­er of the Se­cur­i­ty Deed. Pur­su­ant to O.C.G.A. Sec­tion 9-13-172.1, which al­lows for cer­tain pro­cedures re­gard­ing the re­scis­sion of ju­di­cial and non­ju­di­cial sales in the State of Geor­gia, the Deed Un­der Pow­er and oth­er fore­clo­sure docu­ments may not be pro­vid­ed un­til fin­al con­fir­ma­tion and au­dit of the sta­tus of the loan as pro­vid­ed in the pre­ced­ing para­graph. *Auc­tion serv­ic­es to be pro­vid­ed by Auc­tion.com (www.auc­tion.com)*
CIT­I­MORT­GAGE, INC., SUC­CES­SOR BY MERG­ER TO ABN AMRO MORT­GAGE GROUP, INC.
As At­tor­ney-in-Fact for
ANNA WHA­TLEY
PHE­LAN HAL­LI­NAN DI­A­MOND & JONES, PLLC
11675 Great Oaks Way, Su­ite 375
Al­pha­re­tta, GA 30022
Tel­e­phone: 770-393-4300
Fax: 770-393-4310
PH # 33469
This law firm is act­ing as a debt col­lec­tor. Any in­for­ma­tion ob­tained will be used for that pur­pose.

1015
NAME CHANGE
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IN THE SU­PE­RI­OR COURT OF DODGE COUN­TY
STATE OF GEOR­GIA
In Re: MICHAEL GOD­WIN
Civil Ac­tion File No. 17V-8129
NO­TICE OF PE­TI­TION TO CHANGE NAME
GEOR­GIA, DODGE COUN­TY
No­tice is here­by given that MICHAEL
GOD­WIN, the un­der­signed, filed his Pe­ti­tion to the Su­pe­ri­or Court of DODGE Coun­ty, Geor­gia on the 12th day of May 2017, pray­ing for a change in the name of the pe­ti­tion­er from MICHAEL SHANE GOD­WIN to MICHAEL SHANE WOOD.
No­tice is here­by given pur­su­ant to law to any in­ter­est­ed or af­fect­ed par­ty to ap­pear in said Court and to file ob­jec­tions to such name change. Ob­jec­tions must be filed with said Court with­in thir­ty (30) days of the fil­ing of said Pe­ti­tion.
This 3rd day of MAY, 2017.
MICHAEL GOD­WIN
Pe­ti­tion­er
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IN THE SU­PE­RI­OR COURT OF DODGE COUN­TY
STATE OF GEOR­GIA
In Re: CORT­NEY RASHOD CON­EY, SR and HA­LIE LOVE
MINOR CHILD(REN) CORT­NEY RASHOD CON­EY, JR.
Civil Ac­tion File No. 17V-8131
NO­TICE OF PE­TI­TION TO CHANGE NAME
GEOR­GIA, DODGE COUN­TY
No­tice is here­by given that HA­LIE LOVE and CORT­NEY R. CON­EY, SR., the un­der­signed, filed his Pe­ti­tion to the Su­pe­ri­or Court of DODGE Coun­ty, Geor­gia on the 15th day of May 2017, pray­ing for a change of minor child(ren) from CORT­NEY RASHOD CON­EY, JR. to CORT­NEY RASHOD RO­BER­SON, JR.
No­tice is here­by given pur­su­ant to law to any in­ter­est­ed or af­fect­ed par­ty to ap­pear in said Court and to file ob­jec­tions to such name change. Ob­jec­tions must be filed with said Court with­in thir­ty (30) days of the fil­ing of said Pe­ti­tion.
This 8th day of MAY, 2017.
CORT­NEY CON­EY and
HA­LIE LOVE
Pe­ti­tion­er
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IN THE SU­PE­RI­OR COURT OF DODGE COUN­TY
STATE OF GEOR­GIA
In Re: RACHAEL J. WI­DEN­ER
Civil Ac­tion File No. 17V-8128
NO­TICE OF PE­TI­TION TO CHANGE NAME
GEOR­GIA, DODGE COUN­TY
No­tice is here­by given that RACHAEL J. WI­DEN­ER, the un­der­signed, filed his Pe­ti­tion to the Su­pe­ri­or Court of DODGE Coun­ty, Geor­gia on the 9th day of May 2017, pray­ing for a change in the name of the pe­ti­tion­er from RACHAEL JOHN­SON WI­DEN­ER to RACHAEL MICHELLE JOHN­SON.
No­tice is here­by given pur­su­ant to law to any in­ter­est­ed or af­fect­ed par­ty to ap­pear in said Court and to file ob­jec­tions to such name change. Ob­jec­tions must be filed with said Court with­in thir­ty (30) days of the fil­ing of said Pe­ti­tion.
This 9th day of MAY, 2017.
RACHAEL J. WI­DEN­ER
Pe­ti­tion­er
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IN THE SU­PE­RI­OR COURT OF DODGE COUN­TY
STATE OF GEOR­GIA
In Re: CORT­NEY RASHOD CON­EY, SR.
Civil Ac­tion File No. 17V-8130
NO­TICE OF PE­TI­TION TO CHANGE NAME
GEOR­GIA, DODGE COUN­TY
No­tice is here­by given that CORT­NEY RASHOD CON­EY, SR., the un­der­signed, filed his Pe­ti­tion to the Su­pe­ri­or Court of DODGE Coun­ty, Geor­gia on the 8th day of May 2017, pray­ing for a change in the name of the pe­ti­tion­er from CORT­NEY RASHOD CON­EY, SR. to CORT­NEY RASHOD RO­BER­SON, SR.
No­tice is here­by given pur­su­ant to law to any in­ter­est­ed or af­fect­ed par­ty to ap­pear in said Court and to file ob­jec­tions to such name change. Ob­jec­tions must be filed with said Court with­in thir­ty (30) days of the fil­ing of said Pe­ti­tion.
This 8th day of MAY, 2017.
CORT­NEY CON­EY
Pe­ti­tion­er

1020
TAX SALES
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DE­LIN­QUENT PROP­ER­TY TAX SALE
Un­der and by vir­tue of cer­tain tax fi fa’s issued by The City of East­man, Dodge Coun­ty, Geor­gia, in favor of the State of Geor­gia and City of East­man, against the fol­low­ing named per­sons and the prop­er­ty as de­scribed next to their re­spec­tive name(s). They will be sold for cash or cer­ti­fied funds at pub­lic out­cry, be­fore the city hall door in East­man, Dodge Coun­ty, Geor­gia, bet­ween the le­gal hours of sale, on the first Wed­nes­day in July, 2017, the same be­ing July 5, 2017, and con­tinu­ing on Thurs­day, July 6, 2017, if nec­es­sary bet­ween the le­gal hours of sale, 10:00 AM and 4:00 PM. Per O.C.G.A. 9-13-161(a) “should the first Tues­day of the month fall on New Year’s Day or In­de­pen­dence Day, such sales shall take place on the im­me­diate­ly fol­low­ing Wed­nes­day.” The be­low list­ed and de­scribed prop­er­ties, or as much there­of as will sat­is­fy the mu­nic­i­pal tax ex­e­cu­tion on the re­spec­tive in­di­vid­u­al and prop­er­ty, will be sold. The prop­er­ty (ies) here­i­naft­er de­scribed have been lev­ied on as the prop­er­ty of the per­sons whose names im­me­diate­ly pre­cede the prop­er­ty de­scrip­tion. Each of the re­spec­tive par­cels of prop­er­ty are lo­cat­ed in The City of East­man, Dodge Coun­ty, State of Geor­gia. The years for which said fi fa’s are issued and lev­ied are stated
op­posite the name of the own­er in each case. Each de­fend­ant and ten­ant in pos­ses­sion, if ap­pli­ca­ble, has been no­ti­fied of levy time and place of sale. Pur­chas­er shall pay for ti­tle, all trans­fer cost, all tax­es, ad­ver­tis­ing cost and record­ing fees.

MAP AND PARCEL: 048 010
CURRENT RECORD HOLDER: AMAR HOTELS INC
DEFENDANT IN FI-FA: SAME AS CRH(S)
AMOUNT DUE: $1093.35
TAX YEARS DUE: 2016
DEED BOOK: 237/751
LEGAL DESCRIPTION: ALL THAT TRACT OF LAND BEING IN LAND LOT 6, 15TH DISTRICT, IN THE CITY OF EASTMAN, DODGE COUNTY, GEORGIA, AND CONSISTING OF 1.21 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, AS SHOWN IN PLAT BOOK 23, PAGE 99. 1700 COLLEGE ST

MAP AND PARCEL: E19 097
CURRENT RECORD HOLDER: BROWN ALFRED LEE
DEFENDANT IN FI-FA: SAME AS CRH(S)
AMOUNT DUE: $376.97
TAX YEARS DUE: 2016
DEED BOOK: 366/12
LEGAL DESCRIPTION: ALL THAT TRACT OF LAND BEING IN THE CITY OF EASTMAN, DODGE COUNTY, GEORGIA, AND CONSISTING OF 0.21 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, BEING AS SHOWN IN PLAT BOOK 30, PAGE 123. 5513 NORMAN AVE

MAP AND PARCEL: E12 105
CURRENT RECORD HOLDER: BURCH BRITNI
DEFENDANT IN FI-FA: SAME AS CRH(S)
AMOUNT DUE: $387.17
TAX YEARS DUE: 2016
DEED BOOK: 794/296
LEGAL DESCRIPTION: ALL THAT TRACT OF LAND BEING IN THE CITY OF EASTMAN, DODGE COUNTY, GEORGIA, AND CONSISTING OF 0.25 ACRES, MORE OR LESS. COOPER AVE

MAP AND PARCEL: E26 020
CURRENT RECORD HOLDER: BURNHAM JACK
DEFENDANT IN FI-FA: MCCWILLIAM REBECCA
AMOUNT DUE: $547.21
TAX YEARS DUE: 2014-2015
DEED BOOK: 829/61
LEGAL DESCRIPTION: ALL THAT TRACT OF LAND BEING IN LAND LOT 310, 16TH DISTRICT, IN THE CITY OF EASTMAN, DODGE COUNTY, GEORGIA, AND CONSISTING OF 0.15 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, BEING LOT 62, SECTION A, OF COTTONDALE SUBDIVISION, AS SHOWN IN PLAT BOOK 4, PAGE 230. 112 PEACOCK AVE

MAP AND PARCEL: E05 083
CURRENT RECORD HOLDER: CAFFEY CHASON KYLE
DEFENDANT IN FI-FA: SAME AS CRH(S)
AMOUNT DUE: $538.45
TAX YEARS DUE: 2016
DEED BOOK: 745/6
LEGAL DESCRIPTION: ALL THAT TRACT OF LAND BEING IN THE CITY OF EASTMAN, DODGE COUNTY, GEORGIA, BEING LOTS 5 AND 6, BLOCK N, OF JESSUP HEIGHTS SUBDIVISION, AS SHOWN IN PLAT BOOK 7, PAGE 281 AND IN PLAT BOOK 20, PAGE 266. 1231 4TH AVE

MAP AND PARCEL: E12 076B
CURRENT RECORD HOLDER: FLOWERS GABRIELLE KILIE & BRITTANY J
DEFENDANT IN FI-FA: SAME AS CRH(S)
AMOUNT DUE: $213.02
TAX YEARS DUE: 2016
DEED BOOK: 700/178
LEGAL DESCRIPTION: ALL THAT TRACT OF LAND BEING IN THE CITY OF EASTMAN, DODGE COUNTY, GEORGIA. 805 HERMAN AVE

MAP AND PARCEL: E26 090
CURRENT RECORD HOLDER: GOODRUM KENZIL D
DEFENDANT IN FI-FA: SAME AS CRH(S)
AMOUNT DUE: $275.64
TAX YEARS DUE: 2016
DEED BOOK: 631/163
LEGAL DESCRIPTION: ALL THAT TRACT OF LAND BEING IN THE CITY OF EASTMAN, DODGE COUNTY, GEORGIA, AND CONSISTING OF 0.06 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, AS SHOWN IN PLAT BOOK 9, PAGE 255. 574 DOROUGH ST

MAP AND PARCEL: E19 092
CURRENT RECORD HOLDER: HAYNES JOHN JR & MARY E
DEFENDANT IN FI-FA: SAME AS CRH(S)
AMOUNT DUE: $272.21
TAX YEARS DUE: 2016
DEED BOOK: 365/111
LEGAL DESCRIPTION: ALL THAT TRACT OF LAND BEING IN THE CITY OF EASTMAN, DODGE COUNTY, GEORGIA, AND CONSISTING OF 0.19 ACRES, MORE OR LESS. NORMAN AVE

MAP AND PARCEL: E19 091
CURRENT RECORD HOLDER: HAYNES MARY E
DEFENDANT IN FI-FA: SAME AS CRH(S)
AMOUNT DUE: $237.31
TAX YEARS DUE: 2016
DEED BOOK: 742/160 (PORTION)
LEGAL DESCRIPTION: ALL THAT TRACT OF LAND BEING IN THE CITY OF EASTMAN, DODGE COUNTY, GEORGIA, AS SHOWN IN PLAT BOOK 9, PAGE 25. LOT IN LIVINGSTON

MAP AND PARCEL: E26 124
CURRENT RECORD HOLDER: HORNE BETTY & AUDREY WHITTEN - WREASE JOANN - KING ROSE LEE
DEFENDANT IN FI-FA: SAME AS CRH(S)
AMOUNT DUE: $350.11
TAX YEARS DUE: 2016
DEED BOOK: 795/288
LEGAL DESCRIPTION: ALL THAT TRACT OF LAND BEING IN THE CITY OF EASTMAN, DODGE COUNTY, GEORGIA, AND CONSISTING OF 0.59 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, BEING LOTS 9, 10 AND 11, BLOCK H, OF SUNSET PARK SUBDIVISION. LEITCH STREET

MAP AND PARCEL: E12 096
CURRENT RECORD HOLDER: IVEY HOPE - IVEY JACKIE - IVEY ALBERT
DEFENDANT IN FI-FA: SAME AS CRH(S)
AMOUNT DUE: $252.02
TAX YEARS DUE: 2016
DEED BOOK: 516/65
LEGAL DESCRIPTION: ALL THAT TRACT OF LAND BEING IN THE CITY OF EASTMAN, DODGE COUNTY, GEORGIA, AND CONSISTING OF 0.23 ACRES, MORE OR LESS. 517 COOPER AVE

MAP AND PARCEL: E11 065
CURRENT RECORD HOLDER: JOINES JAMES R JR & SUSAN
DEFENDANT IN FI-FA: SAME AS CRH(S)
AMOUNT DUE: $494.30
TAX YEARS DUE: 2016
DEED BOOK: 526/161
LEGAL DESCRIPTION: ALL THAT TRACT OF LAND BEING IN THE CITY OF EASTMAN, DODGE COUNTY, GEORGIA, AND CONSISTING OF 0.77 ACRES, MORE OR LESS. 525 5TH AVE

MAP AND PARCEL: E26 134
CURRENT RECORD HOLDER: KILPATRICK EDDIE ESTATE - KILPATRICK JAVON - KILPATRICK BERNICE ESTATE AND ALL HEIRS KNOWN & UNKNOWN
DEFENDANT IN FI-FA: SAME AS CRH(S)
AMOUNT DUE: $1,331.87
TAX YEARS DUE: 2005-2016
DEED BOOK: 343/185 (PORTION)
LEGAL DESCRIPTION: ALL THAT TRACT OF LAND BEING IN THE CITY OF EASTMAN, DODGE COUNTY, GEORGIA, AND CONSISTING OF 0.21 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, BEING LOT 8, BLOCK H, OF SUNSET PARK SUBDIVISION. 815 PARK AVE

MAP AND PARCEL: E22 019
CURRENT RECORD HOLDER: LAMPKIN HERMAN
DEFENDANT IN FI-FA: SAME AS CRH(S)
AMOUNT DUE: $277.15
TAX YEARS DUE: 2016
DEED BOOK: 375/11
LEGAL DESCRIPTION: ALL THAT TRACT OF LAND BEING IN THE CITY OF EASTMAN, DODGE COUNTY, GEORGIA, AND CONSISTING OF 0.31 ACRES, MORE OR LESS. 715 MAIN ST SE

MAP AND PARCEL: 049A 053
CURRENT RECORD HOLDER: LANIER MARION C[Full Story »]

The Dodge County Kids Fishing Rodeo took place on Saturday, June 3, 2017, at Stuckey’s Pavilion. 87 children participated, with approximately 140 people in attendance.
In the ages three through ten category, Tyler McClendon took home the first place prize with 4.32 pounds. Second place went to J.T. Lenderman with 3.78 pounds. Third place went to Parker Nobles with 3.69 pounds and The Big Fish winner was Tyler McClendon, with a fish weighing 1.08 pounds.
In the ages 11 though 16 category, first place went to Tayquan Austin with 3.55 pounds. Second place went to Javan Smith, with 3.42 pounds. Third place was awarded to Dairick Bryant with 3.01 pounds and the Big Fish prize was awarded to Cameron Mullis with a fish weighing .75 pounds.
Special thanks to Wade Hall, Janice Cadwell, Kennon Graham, Jason Braden and Citizens Bank of Eastman and Stuckey Timberland!

Sidney F. Rentz
Retired, Robins Air Force Base
Sidney F. Rentz, age 62, died Tuesday, May 30, 2017 at Bleckley Memorial Hospital. Funeral services were held on Friday, June 2, 2017, at 11:00 a.m. at Rowland Chapel Church of the Nazarene, with Reverend Gordon Tippins, Reverend Dale Watt and Reverend Gary Mimbs officiating, with interment in Rowland Memorial Cemetery.
Mr. Rentz, born in Colquitt County, had lived in Chester for 35 years. He was retired from Robins Air Force Base and a member of Rowland Chapel Church. He was the son of the late J.T. and Bernice Harrod Rentz and was preceded in death by his brother, Jimmy Keigans.
Survivors include his wife, Darlene S. Rentz of Chester; two children, Amy (Heath) Bell of Dacula and Mike (Katlyn) Rentz of Collins; three grandchildren, Abby Grace Bell, Jacob Michael Rentz and Emily Kate Bell; one brother, Leon Rentz of Ellenton and one sister, Carolyn (Dale) Crosby of Norman Park.
Pallbearers were Lester Stripling, Shannon Allgood, Kyle Nichols, David Hawkins, Doug Cross and Travis Cannon.
Mathis Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Lester “Buddy” Bowen, age 76, of Warner Robins, died Wednesday, May 31, 2017.
Funeral services were held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 3, 2017 in the chapel of McCullough Funeral Home with Pastor Etah Garcia officiating. Following the service, Mr. Bowen was laid to rest in Magnolia Park Cemetery.
Mr. Bowen was born in Eastman to the late Eschol and Mamie Livingston Bowen. He worked as an engineering support technician for the State of Georgia, where he retired. Mr. Bowen enjoyed coaching Little League baseball and fishing. His favorite loves, first and foremost, were his wife, son and extended family.
Survivors include his wife of 55 years, Ann Bowen of Warner Robins; one son, Eric Nolan Bowen of Conley and one sister, Annette Rogers (J.W.) of Eastman.
McCullough Funeral Home of Warner Robins was in charge of the arrangements.

Kiritbhai Bhailalbhai “Kenny” Patel, age 60, of Rhine, died Tuesday, May 30, 2017 at his residence.
Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, June 2, 2017, at Clark Funeral Home Chapel in Hawkinsville.
Mr. Patel was born in Vadodara, India, a member of the BAPS Swaminarayan Temple in Perry and owner and operator of Rhine USAExpress for over six years. He was a lifelong chef and restaurateur, who enjoyed cooking for his family, friends and customers. He was a dedicated husband, father and provider.
Survivors include his wife, Neelabahen K. “Nela” Patel of Rhine; one son, Jaimin “Jay” Patel of Rhine; mother-in-law, Pushpa Patel of Rhine; one sister, Pramila Patel of India; three brothers, Kanu Patel and Ashok Patel, both of India and Vijay Patel of New Jersey and numerous nieces and nephews including Pratik Patel, Jay Patel, Puja Patel, Dhruven Patel, Hari Patel, Akshar Patel, Rushank Patel, Ankita Khilnani and Pratika Shah.
Stokes-Southerland Funeral Home of Eastman was in charge of arrangements.

Dear editor,
It is time to put an end to the practice of allowing condemned prisoners to choose a “last meal” before executions.
Georgia recently provided convicted murderer J.W. Ledford Jr. his requested meal, which consisted of a filet mignon steak wrapped in bacon with pepper jack cheese, a large serving of fries, 10 chicken tenders, a fried pork chop, a Bloomin’ Onion, a pecan pie with vanilla ice cream, a portion of sherbet and an ice cold Sprite to wash it all down.
Ledford was convicted of murdering his neighbor, Dr. Harry Buchanan Johnston Jr., in Murray County in 1992. Johnston was killed with a pocketknife. The elderly doctor, who had delivered his attacker into the world, was nearly decapitated by Ledford.
Medical experts at trial said Dr. Johnston probably lived seven or eight minutes after the fatal wounds were inflicted. Ledford then assaulted the doctor’s wife, tying her up and robbing her.
I have yet to find any information detailing what options, if any, Ledford may have provided his victim, related to a “last meal” request. What I do know is that he entered the execution chamber with a big grin on his face, reciting quotes from the movie “Cool Hand Luke” and telling everyone in attendance to “kiss his white trash ass!”
Gregory Paul Lawler was executed in Georgia last October for killing 28-year-old police officer John Sowa. Lawler was charged with shooting Sowa and his partner Pat Cocciolone, both in the head as they responded to a domestic dispute. Sowa’s wounds were mortal, and Cocciolone, although severely injured, survived the attempt on her life. In court, Lawler expressed no remorse and angrily insisted he was justified in shooting the officers.
Before his execution, Lawler requested and was given a ribeye steak, a baked potato with sour cream, asparagus, dinner rolls with butter, French onion soup, strawberries, pistachio ice cream, milk and apple juice.[Full Story »]

Remember former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski? GotNews.com says he could be headed back to the White House on the Trump team. You know he’s good – he has the right enemies:
Leftwing site Salon.com says, “Lewandowski is known as a ruthless political operative who brazenly lies to defend the president.” A fine recommendation coming from Salon - lead on Corey and Donald!
The election of Trump was a war we had to win. You’re not for Trump? You must be for Hillary. That was the choice. Forget Jill Stein, Evan McMullin and Gary Johnson. It is always a two person race. Minor candidates serve only to possibly tilt close races to a Repub or Demo. Libertarian (losertarian) v.p. candidate William Weld, former liberal Republican Massachusetts governor, all but endorsed Hillary Clinton for president. The media hyped McMullin, Utah liberal Republican, to derail Trump and it didn’t work. My philosophy is lesser of evils is less evil. I don’t regard Trump as evil at all and voting for him was a good move, a positive act. The never Trumpers are people I try to avoid. That list includes Glenn Beck, Eric Erickson and Col. Ralph Peters, who claimed he voted for Hillary while admitting she was crooked.
Elites hate Donald Trump. That’s their mindset. Most elected officials in NATO hate Trump – good to hear!
John Derbyshire on VDare.com (great site!) calls it WhateverGate: “…The frantic legalistic churning about who said what to whom in President Trump’s circle, and whether the thing that was or was not said warrants impeachment.”
“Bigot: one who practices sociology without a license.”
Joseph Sobran Sobran.com
Remember Chunky candy bars? They’re hard to find and I’d given up looking for them then found them today (Memorial Day) at Big Lots in Norcross, Ga., just off I-85, good price too: 85 cents. Way to go, Big Lots. Maybe other Big Lots stores now carry them. I doubt my cardiologist would approve.
Wow – Tiger Woods gets stopped this morning (Memorial Day) for suspected drunk driving in Jupiter, Florida – at 7 a.m.? I used to wonder what pro golfers did Monday through Thursday until Mr. Woods came along. He should do a commercial for Uber.[Full Story »]

Dodge County 12 and under All-Stars finished second among eight teams in the Soperton/Treutlen Co. Invitational Tournament. The boys were one and one in pool play, defeating Montgomery County 10-0 with a loss to Telfair County 8-9. In the elimination bracket, the team defeated Swainsboro 11-5 and Soperton 16-4, to make it to the championship game, where they lost to a very tough team from Lyons. Pictured (l-r) are front row, Landon Fordham, De’arris Coney, Riley Williams, Shane Tripp and Aren Barden; second row, William Stringer, Zamiyan McDuffie, Brady Moore, Gavn Fordham and Jonah Collins and third row, coaches Erik Collins, Chip Stringer, Tab Moore and Cecil Barden.